About this episode

Sarah Wendell interviews Claire Trottier about her bookstore Joie de Livres and the impact of the film Heated Rivalry.

Thanks for Geoffroy in the  podcast Patreon  (merci, Geoffrey!) my guest this week is Claire Trottier, owner of  Joie de Livres , a romance and speculative fiction bookshop in Montreal, Canada. Hi Neighbors! We’re going to talk about: Opening a romance and speculative fiction book store Wealth disparity! Seeing the world premiere of episode 1 of  Heated Rivalry  at the Image+National queer film festival in Montreal The effect of  Heated Rivalry  on Joie de Livres Then we trade book recs and you get the scoop on the big event happening at Joie de Livres this September. You can find  Joie de Livres at their website , and on  Instagram @joie.de.libres.mtl! Claire Trottier is on IG as  @docreads  and  @clairetrottier_. We also mentioned: Patriotic Millionaires Canada Patriotic Millionaires US Resource Generation Resource Movement Bookclub Bar, NY  Image+Nation Film Festival  Music: puple-planet.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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